10 Best Free-to-Play Games on PlayStation Plus (October 2026)

You can get perks that directly impact your performance and wins through your PlayStation Plus subscription, specifically in eFootball, Genshin Impact, and FragPunk. Other considerations for the best free-to-play games on PlayStation Plus provide cosmetic benefits that you won’t otherwise get access, too, including Rocket League and The First Descendant.

10. eFootball

If eFootball is free, why bother with a PlayStation Plus subscription? Well, the sports simulator actually comes with a pretty attractive bonus package exclusive to subscribers. It offers bonus content that you might otherwise miss out on, including free eFootball coins that can buy new players and unlock more packs in the game. 

Moreover, you can actually get experience points for a starter boost to your skill level, which is great for newcomers who might feel overwhelmed playing against more experienced opponents. Up to 40,000 Token x23 points are up for grabs.

9. Rocket League

Another free-to-play game that is also offering a PlayStation Plus package is Rocket League. In this case, you only get access to customization items. But even those slick wheels and skins can treat you to a more pleasurable experience than if your cars had the standard look.

More specifically, the bonus package offers the Spinner G+G wheels, the Dark Fire G+G Boost, the Pork Pie G+G Topper, and the Fancy Formal G+G Decal. If you already have a PS Plus subscription, these are cosmetics you lose nothing by claiming.

8. PUBG: Battlegrounds

Some gamers actually buy more in-game currency with actual cash because it really does make a difference in the heat of the moment, dodging fire, while trying to bury enemies in smoke. Any boost you can get can be helpful toward getting that coveted “last player standing” spot. 

You might want to note, though, that the specific benefits that PUBG: Battlegrounds offers to PlayStation Plus subscribers keeps changing. And it’s seasonal, too, so this one needs paying close attention to.

7. The First Descendant

The First Descendant ranks next among the best free-to-play games on PlayStation Plus because of its occasional offer of exclusive bundle packs to PlayStation Plus subscribers.

At the moment, the game is offering the Season 4 Episode 1 Play Pack, which comes with cosmetic items like one spray for your lonely raven melee DPS character, six paint colors, including three matte jelly blue and gloss dolphin gray options for your characters and weapons, two crystallization catalysts for modifying your weapons, and one back attachment for your hot wingbeats. 

It’s interesting because something like the gloss dolphin gray color is only available through the subscription plan, which makes it exclusive and worth checking out.

6. 3on3 Freestyle

Another exclusive offer you might want to get a jump on is 3on3 Freestyle’s package for October. This basketball arcade sports game offers some sweet in-game items you don’t want to miss out on. There are 4,999 coins up food grabs, which help unlock characters and special tricks.

More than that, you get two skill training items, one coin 100% buff ball, and five XP drinks. These all have a direct impact on your performance on the court. So, definitely a skill boost that you’ll see the impact in your wins.

5. Genshin Impact

The perks in Genshin Impact are hard to resist. Given the huge variety of in-game currency types that serve different purposes you have to explore the world and complete quests to earn, I really appreciate getting access to a substantial amount of different currencies that allow me to unlock more content, stories, and cosmetics.

With a PlayStation Plus subscription, you’ll get access to 160 primogems, four fragile resins, 20 hero’s wit, 30 mystic enhancement ore, and 150,000 mora currencies, each with benefits that directly enrich your gaming experience. 

4. War Thunder

War Thunder is a flight simulator that strives to be as realistic as possible to the historical and modern jets and aircraft that real people have flown. For fans of aviation, unlocking these jets means owning a machine that you might be a huge fan. 

And with over 3,000 historically accurate aircraft, as well as tanks and naval crafts, and spread across the early 20th century to the World War One and World War Two units and the modern-day vehicles, you have your work pretty much cut out for you to unlock your favorite beasts. 

And so, offering the P-36A “Hawk” fighter jet for PS Plus subscribers is appreciated. It was flown by lieutenant Philip M Rasmussen, who was among the few to protect Pearl Harbor. That rich history is an honor to be able to feel what it might have been like to be a national hero.

3. Valorant

Valorant has some undeniably sweet PS Plus benefits as well, though given how competitive it is, featuring in some of the most popular eSports global tournaments, I can understand making the perks purely cosmetic. 

Yet, even cosmetic items that enhance the look of your guns and character isn’t something to disregard. The perks are pretty cool, from the ten radianite points for cosmetic buys to one celestial spray graffiti for the map surfaces, one blastX spray, one glitchpop player card, and two origin gun buddies that modify your guns’ appearance.

2. FragPunk

As for FragPunk, it gives you both cosmetic and combat-facing perks. The 500 FragPunk Coins will come in hand when buying new characters or the battle pass. You can use the 1,000 gold coins for unlocking more characters. 

As for the cosmetics, you can get ten basic sticker packs to elevate the look of your weapons, five ultra cans that can give you better odds in the lottery draws for skins, and one coastal heat theme.

1. Destiny 2

Destiny 2 is a unique case for the best free-to-play games on PlayStation Plus because without a subscription, you cannot access the online multiplayer modes. And I can tell you this, that the online multiplayer modes like the crucible and raids is where the most fun with friends, opponents, or PvE matches is.